Introduction / H.D.F. Kitto --
The sources for a life of Euripides : the memories remaining in the fourth century : his youth and its surroundings : Athens after the Persian war : the great sophists --
Life continued : what is a Greek tragedy? Euripides' early plays up to 438 B.C., Alcestis and Telephus --
Beginning of the war : the plays of maturity from Medea to Heracles --
Life continued : the embittering of the war : Alcibiades and the demagogues : the Ion : the Trojan women --
After the Trojan women : Euripides' last years in Athens : from Andromeda and Iphigenia to Electra and Orestes --
Macedonia : Iphigenia in Aulis : Bacchae --
The art of Euripides : ideal form and sincere spirit : prologue : messenger : Deus ex Machina --
The art of Euripides continued : the chorus : conclusion.